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WINTER'S BARK TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does winter's bark tree mean?
• WINTER'S BARK TREE (noun)
The noun WINTER'S BARK TREE has 1 sense:
1. South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
Familiarity information: WINTER'S BARK TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Drimys winteri; winter's bark; winter's bark tree
Hypernyms ("winter's bark tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (parts of "winter's bark tree"):
winter's bark (aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties)
Holonyms ("winter's bark tree" is a member of...):
Drimys; genus Drimys (shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage)
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